Hand #229: Duhamel Wins First Showdown
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John Racener has the button.
Racener limps in again. Jonathan Duhamel checks the big blind again. They take another unraised flop, this one coming 
. Duhamel checks again, giving Racener space to bet 1.4 million. Duhamel (who has kicked off the flip-flop shoes he wore to the final table and is now sitting barefoot on the set) calls and checks the 
turn. Racener also checks.
The river is the 
. Duhamel bets 2.8 million, following the familiar pattern set by previous hands in which Racener had the button. This time Racener doesn't snap-muck. He takes 30 seconds before putting in a raise to 6.9 million. Duhamel snap-calls with 
, two pair, jacks and fours. Racener just pitches his card into the muck.
With that pot, Duhamel has crested the 200-million-chip mark. He has 201,150,000. Racener is down to 18,450,000 and about to get some more bad news: blinds are up next hand.